fordh

Cornish

Alternative forms

  • (Revived Late Cornish) for'

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish fordh, from Old Cornish ford, from Proto-Brythonic *forð, a borrowing from Old English ford. Cognate with Breton forzh, Welsh ffordd.

Noun

fordh f (plural fordhow)

  1. road
  2. way, manner
Derived terms
  • amal fordh (“roadside”)
  • dhe hanter an fordh (“midway”)
  • fordh a-dro (“roundabout”)
  • fordh dhall (“dead end, cul-de-sac”)
  • fordh dhibarth (“junction”)
  • fordh dremen (“bypass”)
  • fordh lan (“clearway, thoroughfare”)
  • fordh veur (“highway”)
  • fordh-oberi (“methodology”)
  • fowt fordh aral (“as a last resort”)
  • min fordh (“roadside”)
  • mos y'n fordh (“be on one's way”)
  • neb fordh (“somehow”)
  • penn an fordh (“destination”)
  • tenewen an fordh (“roadside”)
  • war ow fordh hir (“in the end, in the long run”)
  • y'n fordh aral (“on the other hand”)
  • y'n fordh ma (“in this way, thus”)
  • y'n fordh na (“like that, thus”)
  • yn neb fordh (“anyway”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fordh

  1. mixed mutation of bordh (“table, board”)

References

  • “fordh” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.
  • Akademi Kernewek Gerlyver Kernewek (FSS) Cornish Dictionary (SWF) (in Cornish), 2018, published 2018, page 58
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